Foundations
In 1988, Irish businessman, Brody Sweeney set up his first sandwich shop in Dublin. He chose the name O'Brien’s because it was the most common name in the phone book and he wanted a very common Irish surname in the event of expansion overseas.
Initially only in Ireland, the chain is now operating over 300 sandwich bars in Australia, China, Denmark, United Kingdom, Gibraltar, India, Indonesia, Bahrain, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, and Thailand.
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